Leisure Attendant

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual seeking a varied and exciting new role? Do you have the ability to communicate and work well within a team? and are you alert to the safety of yourself and people around you? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you!

We are currently seeking Leisure Attendants at Thirsk & Sowerby Leisure Centre

As a Leisure Attendant you will work within North Yorkshire Council’s Leisure Services team to provide support, enhance and deliver ‘day to day’ operations of the leisure centre. The role involves supervision of customers, ensuring their safety and satisfaction whilst following North Yorkshire Council’s policies and procedures at all times.

What we need from you:

• Hold the RLSS NPLQ qualification (or be able to achieve it prior to employment) to ensure safe and effective lifeguard practice and undertake essential regular training in line with lifeguard qualification standards and organisational protocols

• Awareness of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

• Good understanding of customer care and working with customers/general public.

• Working in an environment where there may be conflicting priorities and demands

• Ability to work effectively within a team

• Ability to use own initiative

• Be able to give clear, accurate, and assertive instructions verbally and through the correct use of signals to customers and other members of the team

• Ability to solve routine problems as they arise and suggest ideas to improve service provision.

In return we can offer free car parking, local government pension scheme, training, and development opportunities along with the opportunity to work for a large council with several leisure centres.

If you would like to know more about this role, please get in touch with Tom Ellis, Duty Manager tom.ellis@northyorks.gov.uk

Key Dates:

Closing Date: 29th June 2025

Interview Date: 1st July 2025 at Thirsk and Sowerby Leisure Centre

Key Documents:

Job Description.pdf

Total Rewards Brochure.pdf

***DBS***
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.